Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "heart" in Russian

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сердце

Meaning: heart, bosom

Pronunciation: [SYEHR-tseh]

Part of speech: noun (neuter noun)

Rank: #317 (see frequency list)

I like this book. The pages are folded in the shape of a heart.
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Example sentences:

У меня́ здорóвое сéрдце.
I have a healthy heart.
Недáвно Алексáндру сдéлали оперáцию на сéрдце.
Alexander had a heart operation lately.
literal Lately they did a heart operation to Alexander.
Cлы́шишь, как сéрдце стучи́т?
Do you hear my heart beating?
literal Do you hear how the heart is beating?
Свéта - чудécная дéвушка, дóброе сéрдце.
Svieta is a wonderful girl, a tender heart.
Мы от всегó céрдца поздравля́ем вас с юбилéeм.
We congratulate you whole-heartedly on your anniversary.
literal We congratulate you from all our heart with anniversary
Он такóй жестóкий, у негó прócто нет céрдца!
He is so cruel, he simply has no heart!
Остáвь меня́, у меня́ на сéрдце тяжелó.
Leave me, my heart is heavy.
Актëр завоевáл нáши сердцá.
The actor won our hearts.
Дорогáя, моë céрдце принадлежи́т вам.
My dear, my heart belongs to you.
У вас есть что-нибу́дь от сéрдца?
Do you have something against heart disease?
literal Do you have something for heart?
Мать прижáла младéнца к сéрдцу.
Mother clasped the baby to her heart.
Гости́ница нахóдится на Арбáте, в сáмом сéрдце Москвы́.
The hotel is on the Arbat street, in the very heart or Moscow.
Клуб организóван специáльно для одинóких сердéц.
The club was organized especially for lonely hearts.
Когдá началáсь войнá, онá уже носи́ла егó под сéрдцем.
When the war started, she was already pregnant with him.
literal When the war started, she was already carrying him under her heart.
Мне эта кни́га по сéрдцу.
I like this book.
literal This book is after my heart.

Idioms and set expressions:

золотóe céрдце = tender heart
literal golden heart
хрáброе сéрдце = brave heart
от всегó céрдца = whole-heartedly
literal from all smb's heart
сéрдце чу́ет беду́ = my heart misgives me
literal my heart feels misfortune
отдáть своë сéрдце кому́-либо = lose one's heart to smb
literal give one's heart to smb
céрдце крóвью обливáется = smb's heart is bleeding
céрдце рáдуется = it does one's heart good
literal smb's heart feels happy
в сéрдцaх = in a fit of temper
literal in hearts
дáма сéрдца = lady-love
literal lady of smb's heart
от чи́стого сéрдца = in all sincerity
literal from the pure heart
предлaгáть ру́ку и сéрдце кому́-либо = offer smb one's hand and heart
принимáть бли́зко к сéрдцу = take smth close to heart
скрепя́ сéрдце = reluctantly
по сéрдцу = to one's liking
literal after one's heart
всем сéрдцем = with all one's heart
c замирáнием сéрдца = with a sinking heart
сéрдце разрывáется = smb's heart is breaking

Related words:

душá = soul
ум = wit
сердéчный = heart (adjective), cardiac
сердéчно = cordially, sincerelly
сердéчник = heart sufferer

Proverbs and sayings:

C глаз долóй - из сéрдца вон.
Out of sight, out of mind.
literal Out of eyes, out of heart.
Сéрдцу не прикáжешь.
Love can not be forced.
literal Heart can not be ordered.
Сéрдце сéрдцу весть подаëт.
Close people think the same simultaneously.
literal One heart gives message to the other.
Céрдце не кáмень - тает.
The heart is not a stone, it melts.
Cлóвo - не стрелá, a céрдце насквóзь рази́т.
A word is not an arrow, but it strikes the heart through.

Case

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